Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Secret Garden ... First Meeting

Meet the man of mystery...
Secret Garden opens with wealthy mogul and all around rich boy Kim Joo Won on a blind date. It is obvious from he time that he arrives late, that he isn't going to take it the date seriously. As he and Yoon Seul walk around an art museum he discovers enough about her to know that it could never work out.
He knows that she is trying too hard, by the perfume she is wearing and that fact that she knows nothing about art (she gets the artists' name wrong). She wants love and a hot-blooded relationship. he wants compatibility and longevity. Why should he waste his time with a woman who wants something completely different from himself? Love is for fools.

There is the core of the character of Kim Joo Won. A self-righteous
wealthy man, who looks down on others that carry themselves without
respect and beauty. Little does he know what fate has in store for him!

I also loved the numerous jumpsuits worn by the character too.

Hyun-Bin

The actor who plays Kim Joo Won is Hyun-Bin. He his most famous for his work in Ireland(2004). In which he won numerous awards and made a name for himself. He has not been in any dramas after Secret Garden. He has moved on to make major motion pictures:Come Rain Come Shine (2011)Tears of Africa (2010)I am Very Happy (2009)

Enter the damsel that should be in distress.....
We meet our heroine at her job. Her job isn't what normal girls are into at all. Our first site of her is through Joo Won's eyes. He notices her strength, her beauty and her physique first. Her job? An action star/stunt woman.Think of the lady who helped Buffy look like she could really kick some ass. That's Gil Ra-im. A woman who can kick your ass. Unfortunately Joo Won believes she is the lead actress and not her double.

Even though she has all of this strength and beauty, she is still fragile and soft-spoken. She is the first to apologize and the first to stand up for you. Her heart is both broken and made of gold. You see through her tough girl exterior around episode 2.

We get to know her as she saves someone's purse from getting stolen. She also stands up for her friend when a rude customer ostracizes her. We are keep in the dark about Gil Ra Im. What we do know: she lives with her best friend. She has no family, that we know of. She loves to workout and pushes herself to the limit over and over again. Oh yeah... she looks great in leather.
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Ha Ji Won

Gil Ra Im is played by Ha Ji Won, a stunning actress that seems to be able to chameleon herself into any role. I say this because when I Googled her, I seriously hardly recognized her in most of the images I found.
If she looks familiar you may be a fan of What Happened in Bali (2004), Hwang Jin Yi (2006) or most recently The King 2 Hearts (2012).

6 comments:

I like your introduction to his character. I think I've mentioned this before, Secret Garden was the drama that really cemented my love for Kdramas. Can't wait for your future reviews :)I've been meaning to ask you, what is your opinion on the music? The song "That Man" by Hyun Bin and "That Woman" by Baek Ji Young are the ones that made me notice Korean ballads and music during a drama. I thought they were so lovely. Now I pay attention to the music almost as much as what is going on in the plot.